• Tatiana Hiromi Matsuo

    Earned her Bachelor's Degree at Physical Education in 97-Brazil, where she worked 8 years as Gymnastics coach. She did her Pilates Certification by Polestar Education 2002-2003 and specialized her studies in Holistic Therapies for Chronic Pain Treatment. Tatiana deepen her spine knowledge with the Advanced Spine Course by Polestar Education and also working on a Rehab Clinic in the US for almost 3 years. That's where she developed the CranioSacral Therapy along with Reiki and Pranic Healing associated with Pilates on Pain treatment. From 2000 to 2003 Tatiana suffered from Fibromialgya and strong pain at her sternum despite a big emotional stress. The inflammation caused several erosions on her chest bone not being able to be diagnosed or treated by any doctor in Brazil. It was through Pilates that her chronic pain was reversed and was healed, being able to get strong again. She says, " all my suffering and recuperation help me today on my client's treatment, because I know how they fell". The experience of healing from Chronic Pain helped her on the understanding of Pain Process related on Body's pain memory and how to erase it. Nowadays she works at Estudio Paulista de Pilates at Faria Lima - São Paulo, and also at her own Pilates Studio (Zona Sul - São Paulo), she does home classes as a Personal Trainer - Pain Emergency Care. She enjoys dancing and hiking, " the nature's contact energizes me".

  • Erika Alvarenga

    Clinical and Sports Nutricionist, graduated at São Camilo, specialized on Exercise Physiology at USP.

Pilates

Pilates is the new sensation, everybody famous is doing it, artists… but, what really is Pilates???

Joe and Clara

                                                 Joe and Clara

I believe that Pilates is the exercise of the future! This method was created by Joseph Pilates at the beginning of the last Century. it’s goal is the whole individual strengthen: BODY – MIND – SPIRIT. It has it’s origins on Yoga, and it’s main fundamentals are BREATHING, CONCENTRATION, CONTROL, CENTERING, PRECISION AND MOVEMENT FLUIDITY.

In a few words, your body will become efficient, harmonious, economic and balanced. It all happens by practicing exercises mainly horizontally. You lay down and relax, in a moment of connexion with your own body; when you do the movements you have to feel  and concentrate on what your body is doing and it’s impossible to think about your daily problems while you do that. It’s awesome!!! It’s a moment where you totally disconnect from the outside world so that you can try to make your body do and react exactly how you want (and that is not easy!!!). The classes will gradually progress according to your strength and body awareness development, and even on basic exercises, they can always challenge or on coordination complexity, intensity or on balance. Everyone can and must try. This is a vary safe activity and it will respect your own limits, but be aware about your teacher certification, he should be a Pilates Certified Instructor, so that, what looks great and wonderful at first won’t end up being something dangerous…

Who should practice? 

- EVERYBODY MUST PRACTICE!!!

Well, if Pilates promotes Health and Well Being Feeling, why shouldn’t you try? There is no age limit, from early ages till the best age (after 70s) you can and you should do Pilates, always respecting you own individuality and your own limits!

Here goes some of Pilates Advantages:

  • Better Posture
  • Increase Flexibility, Strength, Balance, Coordination, Resistance
  • Develop Body Awareness
  • Improve Self Steam
  • Correct Faulty Patterns of Movements and Prevent Injuries
  • Decrease daily stress
  • Increase Body Energy, improves the metabolism and Organs Functioning
  • Creat a more Balanced and better Aligned Body

Besides all these advantages, the classes are challenging and fun. The sensation of being able to  control your body and being able to touch your toes without any problem, or being able of doing complex movements without getting tires or feeling any difficulty, it’s something that there is no word to describe! When you first see the movement you right away think: ” I’ll never be able to do that!” But, after a few tries, you realize that you can actually go beyond that….

You can be an athlete and have a specific training or, you can be a sedentary… you can have injuries and pain… or be really healthy, Pilates will fit you just right!

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By Tatiana Matsuo

Joseph Pilates sayings:

 ”Contrology develops not only the muscles of the body, suppleness of the limbs, and functioning of the vital organs and endocrine glands, it also clarifies the mind and develops the will.”

“The mind shapes the body” … “where the mind goes, the body will follow.”

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